POLICE today issued a warning to parents and schools amid fears youngsters could have picked up drugs dumped from a car that had been stopped by police.

Two men in their 30s were pulled over by police on the northbound M6 near junction 7, Great Barr, yesterday.

The offenders threw cling film wraps - believed to contain Class A drugs - over a fence bordering the motorway.

After arresting the men, officers searched the area for the wraps, which are believed to have landed in a small park adjacent to Turnberry Road, Perry Beeches.

A number of wraps were found during the search. However, at the time of this incident, it is thought a number of children were playing in the park where the wraps were believed to have landed and it is possible some could have been removed prior to the arrival of officers.

A police spokesman said: "It is important that parents and schools in the area are made aware of the possibility that some wraps may have been removed.

"They are approximately cm in diameter, some blue, others white. They should not be opened but immediately handed to the police."

The two arrested men were today still in police custody

Anyone with information is urged to contact Central Motorway Police Group on 0121 626 1285.